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The College of Public Health prepares students to become future leaders in health care.

The College of Health and Human Services prepares students to become future leaders in health care, public health, and social services with the skills necessary to solve the challenges of a rapidly changing and culturally diverse health environment. By combining research with community-engagement efforts, students receive a rigorous and relevant education, while simultaneously making a valuable co

ntribution to the region’s health care workforce. Whether it’s global and community health, health administration and policy, nursing, nutrition and food science studies, rehabilitation science health care policy, or social work or nursing, students are active participants in improving and promoting health, both locally and globally.

06/13/2025

Congratulations to the 10 College of Public Health students who have been honored for their research at the 2025 Celebration of Student Scholarship! 🎉

Swipe for a complete list of winners.

Read more about their research: https://ow.ly/vQLp50W91Xh

06/12/2025

Dr. Brenda Helen Sheingold, director of the Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University Master of Health Administration program, welcomes Noah Wyle from The Pitt to Capitol Hill to advocate for our nation's health care workers. As a former trauma nurse, Sheingold commends Wyle's contributions to advocating for the rights of frontline health workers.

The Pitt, an American medical drama, tackles the real-life challenges and experiences of health care professionals from burnout and hospital management to infectious disease and patient safety.

06/11/2025

Erin Maughan, associate professor of Nursing, is the keynote speaker at the 2025 National Institute of Nursing Research School Health Summit. The event, entitled Advancing Nursing Research to Support Healthy School Environments for All, brings together nursing professionals to affirm their commitment to supporting research that promotes healthy school environments focused on chronic disease prevention for all students.

Maughan has over 22 years of experience as a frontline school nurse and is a renowned school nurse researcher with expertise in health promotion for school-aged children.

06/10/2025

The way we perceive our environment can greatly affect our behavior. A study by Anna Parisi and Melissa L. Villodas, assistant professors in the Department of Social Work, and graduate research assistant Nana Acquah highlighted the consequences of feeling unsafe in one's own neighborhood, noting the relationship between perceptions of crime and substance use among women on probation or parole.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/e5Hc50W7239

06/09/2025

The collaboration of school and public health nurses can greatly enhance the success of community health interventions through optimal resource allocation and utilization. Associate Professor in the School of Nursing Erin Maughan, an experienced school nurse and expert on the health of school-aged children, offers actionable steps school nurses and public health nurses can take to coordinate efforts to uplift the health and well-being of children and families.

Read more about her recent article published in Public Health Nursing: https://ow.ly/G37n50W6mSB

06/07/2025

Katherine Scafide, associate professor in the George Mason School of Nursing, guest stars on the International Association of Forensic Nurses podcast Forensic Nursing: Beyond the Evidence. In her episode, titled "Illuminating Justice & Equity: Using Alternate Light Source in Forensic Nursing," Scafide discusses the power of Alternate Light Source technology to reveal injuries on darker skin tones, highlighting how the practice can uplift equity across cases of intimate partner violence.

Listen to the full episode here: https://ow.ly/g0l050W5HOY

06/06/2025

"Be bold in your ambitions and fearless in your pursuit of innovation. The world needs your skills, your compassion, and your leadership now more than ever. Remember, no deed or conversation is too small to be meaningful to someone. And never, ever forget the impact of your voice."

-Rear Admiral Pamela Miller in her address to the College of Public Health Class of 2025.

06/05/2025

Dissemination of research is crucial to the advancement of health care and nursing practice, but Tara Altay, a PhD student in George Mason’s School of Nursing, noticed that research is becoming increasingly inaccessible to her peers. Unwilling to see this trend persist, Altay, the George Mason University Graduate Nursing Organization, and George Mason Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health organized a free student-led conference for nursing students and professionals across the D.C.-area. The conference featured students, practitioners, and an opportunity to strengthen connection in the nursing community.

Read more about how George Mason students are championing accessible knowledge dissemination: https://ow.ly/f3jb50W4NiU

06/04/2025

Innovative. Impactful. Immersive. Welcome to the Lab for Immersive Technologies and Simulation at George Mason's College of Public Health, the first in the nation to be accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. The Lab, with its pioneering virtual reality capabilities, will be integral in revolutionizing health education and fueling the health care worker pipeline. Take a look at the newest frontier of the field of public health.

06/03/2025

From AI-generated meeting notes to robot package delivery, creating efficiency appears to be key in the way the world operates today. But is there such a thing as too efficient? In her latest Psychology Today article, Dean Melissa Perry explores how the drive for optimal productivity may be disconnecting us from our fellow human beings and fueling the loneliness epidemic, reducing quality of life. Perry explains how we can balance efficiency while retaining our capacity to create and maintain interpersonal relationships.

Read more in The Mindful Epidemiologist: https://ow.ly/LoVl50W3sKl

06/02/2025

Advocacy efforts of George Mason College of Public Health faculty and students are ever-present in the nation's capital. Assistant professor in the Department of Social Work Li-Mei Chen and Health Services Research PhD student Linda Hayes Bennett met with legislative staff as a part of the annual Gerontological Society of America Capitol Hill Advocacy Day to promote sustainable investment in programs that support older adults. Chen and Bennett, alongside fellow gerontology scholars, outlined the impacts federal budget cuts will have on research, employment rates, and the overall health of older adults.

Read more about Chen and Bennett's contributions to GSA Advocacy Day: https://ow.ly/Q31I50W2EF5

06/01/2025

Raedeh Basiri, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, will be serving in key leadership roles at this year’s American Society for Nutrition Nutrition 2025 Conference—the largest scientific conference in the field of nutrition, with participants from over 100 countries. Basiri will serve as:

▪️ Chair of the symposium: New Frontiers: Nutrition and Chronic Pain

▪️ Chair of the Emerging Insights in Clinical Nutrition: Assessment Tools, Personalized Approaches, and Metabolic Health scientific session

▪️ Co-Chair of the Dietary and Metabolic Influences on Aging and Neurodegeneration and Innovative Nutrition Strategies for Aging and Chronic Disease Prevention: From Targeted Interventions to Population Health scientific sessions

▪️ Lead Judge for the Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition

▪️ Judge for the Clinical Emerging Leader Oral Competition

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